Thunder Team was defeated!
The spectators at the venue were bitterly disappointed, while the internet exploded in outrage.
On the Virtual Community, dozens of posts lambasting Thunder Team appeared every second, springing up like mushrooms after rain and finding every possible angle to trash Thunder Team.
Bai Xiaowen glanced through them and shook his head slightly. "This is too unwise."
Qiao Rui said, "Fans from the China Division have set their expectations for China's teams far too high. The greater the hope, the greater the disappointment."
Bai Xiaowen nodded. "The China Division has strong overall strength. Several teams rank among the global TOP20, and most strong A-Tier teams can make the global TOP50. This has created a fixed impression among China Division fans that the China Division is powerful and should naturally win the championship."
After a pause, Bai Xiaowen continued, "They have overlooked one point. When it comes to top elite teams, divisions like the Europa League and America still hold the advantage. Take Mifflin Team, for example. They have won the America Super League championship three years in a row, and no one can shake their dominant position. Thunder Guild's domestic dominance is actually far inferior to theirs."
Mifflin Team had been last year's Super Cup champion and was also ranked global TOP1 by this year's organizing committee.
By comparison, Thunder Team was ranked fourth.
Among the eight quarterfinal teams, Thunder was the kind of team that had a chance to reach the semifinals but also stood a considerable chance of falling in the quarterfinals—if the organizing committee's strength rankings were "absolutely correct." Thunder would lose against any of the three TOP3 teams, giving them a 37.5% chance of being eliminated in the quarterfinals.
Razor Guild, meanwhile, had originally been ranked ninth in the world. Going by that